Everything you need to know about the Ranji Trophy 2022 final between Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh, to be played in Bangalore from June 22.
The final of the 87th edition of Ranji Trophy – India’s premier domestic first-class competition -is being played between Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore from Wednesday, June 22.
Mumbai, led by Prithvi Shaw, romped past Uttar Pradesh in the second semi-final on virtue of a first-innings lead. Sarfaraz Khan and Yashasvi Jaiwal have been the side’s premier batters, while Shams Mulani, the left-arm spinner, leads the tournament’s wicket-taking charts with 37 scalps at 14.59.
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— CricXtasy (@CricXtasy) June 14, 2022
Madhya Pradesh defeated Bengal by 174 runs in the first semi-final, with Himanshu Mantri’s 165 and left-arm wrist-spinner Kumar Kartikeya’s second innings five-for being a major highlight.
Kartikeya, who recently featured for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022, is the competition’s second highest wicket-taker after Mulani, with 27 scalps at 16.19. Rajat Patidar, Yash Dubey and Shubham Sharma have been the leading batters for the Aditya Shrivastava led side.
Mumbai is the most successful team in the competition’s history, with 41 title wins, while MP have won four of the 11 finals they’ve played in till date.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Ranji Trophy 2022 final:
Madhya Pradesh vs Mumbai, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, June 22-26, 9:30 AM local
The final will be televised on the Star Sports Network, on channels Star Sports 2 and Star Sports 2 HD.
The match will be live streamed on Disney + Hotstar.
Yash Dubey, Himanshu Mantri(w), Shubham S Sharma, Rajat Patidar, Aditya Shrivastava(c), Akshat Raghuwanshi, Saransh Jain, Puneet Datey, Anubhav Agarwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Gaurav Yadav, Ishwar Pandey, Rameez Khan, Mihir Hirwani, Parth Sahani, Ajay Rohera, Kuldeep Sen, Arshad Khan, Rakesh Thakur
Prithvi Shaw(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Armaan Jaffer, Suved Parkar, Sarfaraz Khan, Hardik Tamore(w), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Dhawal Kulkarni, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Avasthi, Aditya Tare, Royston Dias, Sairaj Patil, Prashant Solanki, Dhrumil Matkar, Arjun Tendulkar, Aakarshit Gomel, Sachin Yadav, Siddharth Raut, Shashank Attarde, Bhupen Lalwani, Aman Hakim Khan